agree but I think main reason EU is strong is quality of players not so much that there is no country based qualifiers

lmao what, why would you need stellar to igl and zander to midround call? just have one as igl and thats it lol, zander igl and mitch sentinel, stellar is good but there are better players 100% + dont need 2 igls

so was derke, he was a big talent in csgo and had been destroying CIS scene for months, also brave was a well known CIS player too

neither of them are unknown lol, derke wasnt unknown either, if you follow the scene the only one that was somewhat unknown was magnum but still was doing good in tier2 he wasnt full random

that was 2 months ago lol also their comp is full troll, would wait for next map to see if they are running dogshit comps on all maps or just this one

stfu

how is he a good analyst lol, he is clueless

1. They wont change slots because of 1 tournament
2. Slots are decided before the start of the year
3. Winner of last Masters before Champions doesnt get a direct invite to Champions anymore (kinda dumb if you ask me ngl)

the reason the choose denmark is because they were the first country in europe to stop considering covid as a risk to society and already lifted all restrictions I believe, also virtually 0 covid cases in 2-3 months so its almost an ideal situation

https://youtu.be/8u8CT1LFASA works everytime!

depends on the player honestly playing a lot of fpl/pugs isnt bad either, some players will get bad habits doing it some wont, ropz doesnt play pugs/fpl because he says it builds bad habits but zywoo/s1mple/niko have always played a lot of pugs/fpl, zywoo doesnt even play deathmatch just pugs which is is weird af and he was 2 years in a row hltv top1

also the counter argument is that unlike csgo valorant has a shit of different abilities and that creates more possible scenarios so playing the game a lot specially if ranked which is random af and a lot of random scenarios will happen helps you be more ready for whatever can happen, either way I think its just a player thing, mixwell plays a shit ton of ranked because he said he believes it is needed in valorant because of what I said above and he is fucking dogshit, Chronicle barely plays ranked and he is a top3 player itw in the best team itw (IMO dont cry), for me the best would be scrimming a lot like Gambit and time outside team practice play dm/practice aim/vod review or whatever you feel like doing and playing some ranked from time to time but I dont think you need to play it everyday, maybe 5 games every 3-4 days would be enough

probably never considering there is 3 thousand watch parties, its very unlikely one gets 300k in a single stream in valorant but who knows maybe in 5-7 years if valorant esports become huge like league

2 irrelevant small clubs, dont care

they are also older on average too and cs doesnt only attract mostly nerds, in most european countries you will have a huge ammount of kids between 10-16 that have played a fair amount of cs, a lot of cs pros also started grinding cs when after they got a big injury when young playing football so its actually normal people playing cs not just weebs who think its okay to sit in corners max sound in dm

NA valorant pros are basically 80% NA cs pros lmao

true + he has tier1 exp and good both jett/raze

yes, he is insane, would be huge loss for valorant but he has potential to be one of the best awpers in cs imo

lol you better be baiting

are you from machester and have been a fan of city since before the oil takeover? if not its pathetic you actually support this club

they are because of players like pogba, that guy is talented af but he doesnt give a shit about football, he isnt a proper proffesional, wouldnt want him at my club even if he came as free agent

bayern wont buy halland, they are run by very capable people who wont waste money on 1 player like that + his father comision is huge, thank god pig raiola died otherwise it would have been 50M+ in only commisions lmao

tiny clubs who only got decent from sovereign oil autoritharian monarchies who dont respect human rights will never win anything, their players go for the money, its not the same as playing for a big club, there you play for the badge and you give 200%

pobga aint gonna solve anything lmao

there is no really any specific ways of forming crosshair, its just something natural, there are very common crossfires like the ones I mentioned but then there is almost limited crossfires so it comes down to using this tactic effectively in late round (mostly when enemies try to retake) situations so you can have an almost 100% chance of winning those advantegous situations, these are sometimes not used properly by some lower tier teams which is kinda sad so if you master these you can have big advantage over other teams if you are looking to compete

examples are:
HAVEN C Site retake situation: You are in default and your teammate is on graffiti, 2v1 situation and enemy is coming from ct, graffiti player has first contact and you swing just as contact happens
BIND Hooka: You are CT playing 2 guys hooka, you are playing one guy on the left and one on the right so that when enemies come from the attack entrance to hookah you can easily hold that choke, this usually works better in CSGO or in valorant if the enemies have no abilities that are useful to get you of those positions, so basically this type of crosshair is effective because if the enemies enters hookah no matter if he watches left or right he is gonna be shot in the back and 99% dead, use this one in late round situations specially.

its riot m8, scummiest company out there, no way they would let their most popular team by far out of franchise

Russia + other european counties = easy world conquer, colonialism 2.0

Food: EU > NA (agree, you cant really debate this one)
Teeth: EU < NA (how? this seems to be a stereotipe towards british people, remember muricans, britian is just 1 country)
Valorant: EU > NA (esports in general we better you are right)
Rap: EU < NA (no way lmao)
Sports: EU < NA (not even close, NA only good at sports that are only popular in NA KEKW)
Military: EU < NA (european union alone is probably stronger that US, if we take all european countries including Russia into consideration your indepence would end quickly, considering no1 uses nukes KEKW)

the US is 1 huge country, better comparision would be counting all europe countries as 1, in that case europe would be the single best country with no competition almost

you got literally 300M+ population lol, European Union member states alone had better results overall than US + Canada in recent olympics, imagine if we count all the other european countries including big daddy Russia

football? europe dominates
tennis? europe domiantes
basketball? NA better but an EU super team would be op, its not like europe is bad at basketball either tho
formula 1? europe dominated
most important sports are dominated by europeans + there is almost no sport that europe is bad at, major sports a very european dominated so I would its bold to say NA has a larger varity, NA only seems to be dominant at sports that are very popular in NA and not so much in the rest of the world

d3ffo even if he has dog stats, he has very high impact rating which is an indicator that he is doing a great job at least creating space, he has been underwhelming recently but he is a very good player proven at the highest level, he is just going through a bad period so unless you get derke you shouldnt replace him

those are the partner teams, turkish teams can still qualify from opens, but I agree probably 2 would be better

and also turkish fans cuz of cned

true but I hope they get acend in too, they arent the biggest org atm but they have a big brand in valorant, they are the first world champions and have insane team with one of the faces of valorant

not even gonna talk about Americas... that shit is gonna be insane, viewership and money in Americas VCT gonna be huge, specially in NA

if riot was smart they would try to make these regional leagues 24 teams each at least, having 10-12 teams tournaments/leagues doesnt make any sense tbh, the more teams the better, more orgs will invest in the game probably, they should give partnership to:

• FPX, G2, Liquid, Fnatic, Guild, NaVi, OG LDN UTD (probably OG will buy LDN UTD roster they obviously wont use their dogshit french vrl roster), Acend, Gambit (or whoever signs their roster if they sell their roster like csgo), BBL, Vitality, BIG, MAD Lions, Karmine Corp, EXCEL, Alliance, Mouz, BDS, KOI, Giants, Heretics.
• They give parternship to these orgs and VCT viewership in EMEA will increase at least 200% no doubts, then give maybe 4-6 slots in open qualifiers which is about the same they already give and then you get best teams + most stacked orgs + insane french viewership + insane turkish viewership + insane spansih viewership + insane viewership from other world class team/orgs
• Only teams from LEC missing are Misfits, Rogue, Astralis and SK. Astralis is in shambles financially, SK has been dead for ages, Misfits probably gonna go to NA and Rogue could potentially buy out M3C or Acend roster if Acend doesnt get partnership so you get all your LEC partners happy.

obviously they are shit compared to european teams but they are still decent for asian standards, they could have a future in cs if they move to europe so they can scrim top teams and improve

obviously but from a mental pov its very hard to be motivated to play constant online events against onliner kids who only get chances to play top teams in online era and are trying their hardest, you need to understand that going from playing lans with crowds to playing constant online events that nobody cares about is depressing as a player

those mongolians are actually decent, they play a very european style of cs, they destroyed every1 in asia

it kinda is already dead from a playerbase pov, no1 plays cs in NA sadly :(

but it was online so he had the excuse honestly, its probably hard for veterans to find any motivation to play 1 online event a week

he gets the chance to play constant LANs and if lucky play in front of crowd (very unlikely considering he is shit and liquid is shit too), insane salary and playing the game he loves

didnt say that, he has always been mid but this is so shit from him, you would expect at a bit better

true but it was online matches in NA there was no international play, he had the excuse that it was lack of motivation and that he would be good again when LANs comeback

1 year of valorant really fucks your individual level tbh, specially when these new european talents with sick mechanics that started their career in the online era, firepower wise csgo is like 300% better than when he left

floppy is good lol, he almost qualified to a lan with barely 1 month experience in valorant

why would you have open qualifiers? having leagues with a chance to qualify to vct is a much healthier ecosystem than what NA has lol

and EU basically means Europe so idk what their point is, CIS is also EU, they have their own qualifier purely for viewership so how they dont get we see all as european teams not EU/CIS/TR or any country, even if OG qualified who are only Lithuanian we would support them too, doesnt matter if they are a full russian team, full czech team, etc... all european

1. Thats 1 team, not an entire region, CIS teams are dogshit outside of Gambit, FPX and maybe NAVI who are just decent.
2. FPX is not even a full CIS team, 1 brit/latvian, 1 polak, 1 swede and another swedish coach. Sorry but a team to be considered CIS should at least be a full CIS squad otherwise they are just another EU team which is the actual region, CIS is just a part of EU like Turkey, they only get their own qualifiers for viewership reasons, Germany gets their own qualifier but suddently they are not EU either????
3. FPX are basically system abusers, they are robing a spot from actual CIS teams who need to spot to VCT to develop the region because Riot ruling is actual crap.
4. FPX fucking pussies, go play EU qualifiers but I guess they are scared, hopefully Riot change their rules for next year so we can actually have CIS teams in VCT but they probably wont because rusophobia is a trend in the west!